Monachopsis Quotes

#1. The reason why man seeks for happiness is not because happiness is his sustenance, but because happiness is his own being; therefore in seeking for happiness, man is seeking for himself.

Hazrat Inayat Khan

#2. The powers know that the people at large are like children whose despair, sorrow, and tears can be turned into joy with a little toy ... An army and navy represents the people's toys.

Emma Goldman

#3. In the end, this armor is my skin. If it is damaged, I am damaged.

Aleksandr Voinov

#4. For any of us to come to the understanding that we are common and unlearned is the accomplishment of a lifetime.

Baal Shem Tov

#5. I have not much interest in anyone's personal history after the tenth year, not even my own. Whatever one was going to be was all prepared before that.

Katherine Anne Porter

#6. I know a lot of people who don't wash their makeup off of their face at night, and I think that's the worst thing ever. So my thing is, if you ever have a day that you get dolled up, you have to wash all of that makeup off.

Christian Serratos

#7. Actually, if my business was legitimate, I would deduct a substantial percentage for depreciation of my body.

Xaviera Hollander

#8. Remember, at the end of the day [election] campaigns are always about the candidates.

Chris Christie

#9. If, in the Judaic perception, the language of the Adamic was that of love, the grammars of fallen man are those of the legal code.

George Steiner

#10. Now everyday ain't gonna be no picnic
Love ain't no walk in the park
All you can do is make the best of it now
Can't be afraid of the dark
Just know that you're not in this thing alone
There's always a place in me that you can call home.

Cheryl Cole

#11. When I say art influences me, which it does, it's not at all in a literal form. You go and see exhibitions or collections or meet an artist. It's all a compilation. Every moment, at all times, all this information. Then all this information disappears, and it shows up later in the process.

Francisco Costa